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by igpay 1566 days ago
Nope, I definitely do not have human calculator abilities. I'd solve your example problem with long multiplication, and would likely be unable to do so without pen and paper. The only difference is that each single digit multiplication or addition would be done with shapes. The shapes and their interactions seem to be more of a memory recall aid for things I already know (small addition and multiplication tables), rather than tools for solving problems I haven't seen before.